Holder for use in fitting doors.



S. D. SIMPSON & F. C. LA GRICEI HOLDER FOR USE IN FITTING DOORS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. l9l8 1,292,1 12. Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

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STUART I). SIMPSON AND FREDERICK CHARLES LA GRICE, OF SARNIA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HOLDER FOR USE IN FITTING DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an.- 21, 1919.

Application filed March 13, 1918. Serial N 0. 222,251.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STUART D. SIMPsoN and FREDERICK C. LA Grace, of the city of Sarnia, in the county of Lambton, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Use in Fitting Doors, of which the following is a specification.

In fitting doors during building operations or whenever repairs are needed due to Warping or settling, some means must be employed for holding a door on edge to enable the carpenter to suitably trim the edges. It is common for this purpose to fit a piece of board between the door j ambs, suitably notched or otherwise provided with shoulders, to engage the door. While the arrangement 1s advantageous in many ways, it possesses some marked disadvantages, and it is our object to devise simple means for the purpose described which will possess all the advantages of the arrangement descrlbed w1thout its disadvantages.

We attain our object by means of the constructions hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in WhlCl1- Figure 1 is a plan showing the device in position between two door ambs;

Fig. 2 a plan showing the parts at an angle to one another;

Fig. 3 a front elevation of the device; and

Fig. at a plan of the under side of one of the parts showing more partlcularly the door-holding jaws.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The device comprises two bars 1 and 2 adjustably pivoted together to form a toggle lever. In the preferred arrangement the bar 1 has a series of holes 3 formed therein, preferably spaced one-quarter inch from center to center. The other bar has a fixed pin 4 projecting therefrom adapted to enter any one of the holes 3. It is evident that by engaging the pin 4 in the proper hole 3 as shown in Fig. 2, and then brlngmg the bars into alinement as shown in Fig. 1, that the ends of the bar will be forced outwardly and thus caused to engage the sides of the door jambs. To releasably hold the bars in alinement to withstand end pressure, it is neces sary to provide clips or stops each connected with one bar and adapted to engage the other.

In the preferred arrangement, a U-shaped clip 5 is attached to each of the bars 1 and 2 each receptive to the adjacent bar, so that when the bars are brought into alinement one clip embraces the bar 1 from one side and the other clip embraces the bar 2. These clips are preferably so arranged that when the bars are in engagement therewith, the pin 4 has passed slightly beyond the moment of forces in said bars. The parts thus tend to remain in the position shown in Fig. 1 until forcibly released.

To prevent the ends of the bars marring the door jambs, we secure to the end of each bar a foot 6. Preferably the engagement is a pivotal one so that the feet may rock slightly on the bars to accommodate themselves to inequalities of the surfaces with which they are engaged. Each foot is also preferably cupped to receive an elastic protruding cushion 7. As the one-quarter inch adjustment provided may not be quite fine enough to meet the requirements of a particular case, the elasticity of the cushions 7 which project from the feet will take care of any small variations in the width from the nearest one-quarter inch.

Shoulders are provided on the device to engage a door or other piece of woodwork which it may be necessary to hold in position for trimming. Preferably .we secure to either the bar 1 or the bar 2 a fixed jaw 8 and provide for cooperation therewith a movable jaw 9, which is held in place by a stud 10 and a screw 11, the movable jaw being provided with a slot 12 to slide on the said stud and screw. By tightening up the screw the movable jaw may be held at any desired distance from the fixed jaw to receive a door of any thickness.

The device is used as follows. The width of the space between the door jambs being known, the device is set by placing the pin 4 in the proper hole 3 with the device in the position shown in Fig. 2. It is then placed between the door jambs and the bars 1 and 2 brought into alinement, when the feet will be very firmly pressed into engagement with the door jambs and the whole device becomes rigidly fixed in position. The

jaws are then fitted to the end of the door and the carpenter can then suitably trim the edges of the latter. The device is readily loosened When the carpenter is through with it by bending the bars on one another to draw the feet closer together. This device, it ill be seen, is not only easily applied and detached, but ,Will not mar the door jainbs in any Way.

What We claim as our invention is:

A device of the class described comprising tWo bars forming a toggle lever, one having a series of holes formed longitudinally there of and the other a pin adapted to fit into any one of said holes; door jarnb engaging feet pivoted at the ends of the bars so as to be capable of the bars; elastic cushions fitted to said feet; a clip on each of said bars adapted to receive the other bar When said bars are brought into alineinent; and door engaging jaws carried by one of the bars. o g Signedat Sarnia, Ont. this 13th day of February, 1918.

STUART. 1). SIMPSON. I

FREDERICK CHARLES LA GRICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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